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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
It's a rarity that I give out 1 star to books but this could have been a lot better if it wasn't a short story/novella.
3.5 stars, this was a weird novella, just about 100 pages. I’m sure there is a lot to unpack with the story, but it was really just odd.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Honestly I'm not sure how I feel about this yet. I didn't necessarily enjoy this but I didn't dislike it either.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
What a creepy, creepy premise. There is a lot that's really effective here: consistent pacing, solid character development for a shorter text, some really unsettling scenes. I feel like this book has a lot of thematic undertones and implications that I'll be thinking on for a while; the plot itself is relatively straightforward but there are a lot of possibilities that kind of lurk around the edges of it that make it all the more unsettling. My only gripe with this is that the ending felt really abrupt; I'm not sure that the 'reveal' at the end was quite as effective as it could've been.
Content warnings: blood, gore, body horror, self-harm, murder, violence, death of a parent, death of a child, suicide
Content warnings: blood, gore, body horror, self-harm, murder, violence, death of a parent, death of a child, suicide
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder